News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-10-27

Mrs. G. ]. Patch returned to her
home in Boston on Wednesday.
The Good Templars expect to hold
a sociable on Friday evening of next
week.
Read the advertisement of the Nor
risville Lecture Association in another
column.
The Academy students will hold
their hi-weekly lyceum on Friday eve
ming next
Major Stafford is at home after a
couple of weeks spent in Boston and
Manchester.
Household goods of the F. T.
George estate were sold at auction on
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. U. G. Stowe has gone to
Palmer. Mass, to spend the winter
with her son, DR.. Stowe.
c. r. Page is making thorough re-
pairs about the Fisher house, now &C.
copied by l. o. Andrews.
Frank Robinson moves his family to
Be lows Falls this week. He has
rented photograph rooms there for the
winter.
Regular meeting of Coral Chapter
No. 16, o. E. S.. Nov. 1st. The
Matron would be pleased to see full
meeting.
Eugene Hadley, at work in the foun-
dry, will move to the house on upper
Main street vacated last week by
Holmes Cushman.
The unlucky number item that ap-
peared with Morrisyille items last
week was astray. We don't intend
to steal that sort of stuff.
A large amount of freight is arriv-
ing here by cars of late, and it looks
as though our several merchants were
putting in large supply for the winter
Prayer meeting at the vestry Thurs
day evening will be held a half hour
earlier, from $50 to 7.30, on account
of the first lecture course entertain
ment.
Quite a good company were out to
the roller skating party Friday even
ing. The band donated their services
and seven dollars was realized for the
benefit of the drum corps.
Mr.. Fulsom, engineer on the train
making up here in the morning and
returning at night from Swanton, has
rented Frank Robinson's house on
Summer street and will move his fam
lily here.
Many insurance policies are expir-
ing about this time. Remember the
Morrisville agency has as good facili-
ties for placing your risks as any, and
that your patronage will be duly APP
preciated.
Parties who wish to take advantage
of the remarkably low clubbing offer
which appears in this issue, will bear
in mind that all arrearages due on the
News AND CITIZEN must be paid and
a year in advance.
Rev. Mr.. Hyde did not preach his
last sermon here on Sunday as was
announced last week. Next Sunday
his last preaching service will be held
and he will be succeeded by Rev. Mr..
Puffer, Of Chelsea, who has been re-
tired from active church work for some
time.
By the new arrangement of trains
the mail leaves this station moving
east at IL is a. N. and west at 5.40p.
N. Express goes west at 9.43 a. m.
and east at 10 p. m. The morning
train making up at this station moves
west at $50, arriving on its return at
5.25 p. m.
: This has certainly been a weeksof
accidents little Harry Woodward
being the last. The little fellow was
playing near a clothes-wringer through
which a piece of carpet was being run,
and putting his hand upon the cog
wheels, one of his fingers wascdrawn
in. The nail and flesh was taken off,
leaving the bone bare.
Elbridge Brown met with serious
accident on Monday. while taking
down a staging from the NJ 'rvin
house on which he had been at work.
In some way, while pushing off, a
board his foot was csught and he fell
to the ground. distance of about IL
feet, striking on staging bracket.
Two ribs were broken from the left
side and one from the other.
Monroe Green's little boy. Dayton,
four years old, lost his left hand and
arm above the elbow, at the bakery on
Friday afternoon, and accident which
seems peculiarly sad and unfortunate.
The boy was in the bake room and
in some way got his hand between
the rollers of the cracker machine,
which was in motion, and was drawn
in, the arm being crushed so that am
putation above the elbow WIS neces-
sary.
The drawing of seats for the lecture
course Saturday night passed off very
quietly, and those who had purchased
or signed for tickets had seats assigned
them. Tickets are on sale and re-
served seats may be secured at A. o.
Gates drug store, and all holders of
season tickets must, without fail, pre-
sent their tickets to MIR. Gates for the
insertion of the seat numbers before
Thursday night, otherwise the ushers
will not be able to find their seats for
them. Nearly 800 seats have been sold
for the course.
A. I'll. Cheney would be glad to
to meet all who are interested in vo-
cal music at the Town Hall, Tuesday
evening, Nov. LIST. He proposes Civ
ing course of singing lessons if he
receives sufficient encouragement. 1t
is certainly true that children and
young people sadly neglect this branch
of education. Mr.. Cheney gives spec
ial attention to training beginners.
He teaches by the new chart method,
which in many cases makes singing